Where does “horrendus” come from?

horrendus (Latin) comes from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

horrendus (Latin): horrible, horrendous

Definitions

  1. horrible, horrendous

Ancestry of “horrendus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
2Proto-Italichorzēō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

Words derived from “horrendus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horreō →